Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2022-11-09

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Nov 9
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
780 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 813▼ 500 vs year ago 1,280 · −39.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
335 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 301▲ 91 vs year ago 244 · +37.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $170.76/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$170.76
53 head · 445 lb average
Value per head Derived
$760
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$175
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.26
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475173.6982525
Medium and Large 2424170.2172221
Medium and Large 3402161.966507thin
One grade step is worth $11.73/cwt here — about $175 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale53 hd
170.76
—
FL average9 barns · 572 hd
174.03
−3.26
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,50993.551,4124thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10571.0578527
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05061.6364714

Every lot

25 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Wed)
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1318202.19/cwt197.00–205.006433
Steers—Medium and Large 1355194.74/cwt192.00–200.006913
Steers—Medium and Large 3373166.70/cwt165.00–170.006223
Steers—Medium and Large 2378182.55/cwt180.00–185.006906
Steers—Medium and Large 2420167.41/cwt165.00–170.007038
Steers—Medium and Large 3423158.40/cwt155.00–162.006704
Steers—Medium and Large 1464172.09/cwt170.00–175.007985
Steers—Medium and Large 2469162.84/cwt157.00–167.007647
Steers—Medium and Large 1500170.00/cwt165.00–175.008508
Steers—Medium and Large 1557158.32/cwt157.00–161.008823
Steers—Medium and Large 1623152.01/cwt151.00–154.009473
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360142.08/cwt140.00–145.005115
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415145.51/cwt140.00–150.006047
Heifers—Medium and Large 3434133.04/cwt130.00–135.005775
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466143.31/cwt142.00–145.006687
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477135.31/cwt132.00–140.006457
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510140.92/cwt137.00–145.007194
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518132.42/cwt130.00–135.006864
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562129.70/cwt125.00–133.007295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570137.41/cwt135.00–140.007836
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,50993.55/cwt91.00–97.001,4124
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02760.28/cwt57.00–62.006199
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08269.85/cwt67.00–77.0075621
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09064.07/cwt63.00–66.006985
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18675.26/cwt74.00–80.008936

This sale against other markets

Florida weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.